When Time is Not on Your Side

This Shabbat preparation was going to be easy peasy for me because I was invited for both Friday night dinner and Saturday lunch until ... I heard a panicked knock on my door.  My flustered friend rushed over to my home to share the all but enthralling news that she had to cancel lunch due to another engagement she thought was for Friday night.  And, asked if I could host her guest.  "Of course" I responded without even thinking about what that would entail.  

Well if I am taking one guest, I might as well invite a few more!  

And so, here goes the off the cuff shabbat menu for five guests!  

Shabbat lunch turned out so well. It was so last minute, I had to get super creative! There was no time to shop or plan a menu!

So, we started with a watermelon 🍉 salad soaked in a combo of Rose water, maple syrup and lemon juice and fresh mint as garnish - sinfully delicious.

Then we had fresh spelt challah with a white truffle olive oil, followed by a Veggie Lasagna!

I created a new recipe with a layer of Tofutti cream cheese, Pomodoro sauce, sautéed spinach and onions - repeated layers but switch out veggie sautéed Zucchini topping with nutrition yeast a ground cashews- it was mouth watering 🤤 even my very picky guest had seconds!

We then had a huge power packed salad! More and more I am doing the salad 🥙 at the end of the meal and it’s amazing how enjoyable it is!

Now for dessert! You’re not going to believe this - I made chocolate chip- mint ice cream and served it my TM gluten free chocolate cake!

What’s surprising is the ice cream is made with coconut cream, avocado 🥑 and zucchini- 1 whole raw Zucchini! The other ingredients are vanilla, 1/2 tsp of peppermint oil, and maple syrup. You throw it all in the Vitamix, pour into a bread pan and then fold in choc chips - it was amazing!!! So creamy and flavorful and energy packed!

The guests went nuts! 🥳